Iran
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- theocratic republic
- CONSTITUTION
- December 1979, revised in 1989 to extend presidential power
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on Sharia law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majles-e-Shura-ye-Eslami)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court
RELIGIONS
Shia majority; 10% Sunni; Christian, Jewish, Bahá'í, and Zoroastrian minorities
From the country
JULY 16, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED AT MAHABAD PRISON
Veis Alipour was hanged at Mahabad Prison (in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province) on 9 July 2019.
- JULY 15, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Himan Bonavand, Jafar Mohammadi, Mohammad Aref Najafian, and Mahmoud Khaledi executed at Urmia Prison on July 15.
IRAN - Himan Bonavand, Jafar Mohammadi, Mohammad Aref Najafian, and Mahmoud Khaledi executed at Urmia Prison on July 15.
JULY 15, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN TO SELL ORGANS OF DEATH ROW INMATES
The organs of death row prisoners in Iran could be pre-sold to buyers under a new law that is heavily condemned by Iran’s Association of Surgeons.
JULY 15, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED AT ZANJAN PRISON FOR MURDER
According to Iran Human Rights sources, on the morning of 8 July 2019 a man was hanged at Zanjan prison.
- JULY 14, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Karimi, Mohammad Parvaei and Amirali Shadabi were hanged at Minab prison on July 14.
IRAN - Ali Karimi, Mohammad Parvaei and Amirali Shadabi were hanged at Minab prison on July 14.
- JULY 9, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Veis Alipour hanged at Mahabad Prison on July 9.
IRAN - Veis Alipour hanged at Mahabad Prison on July 9.
- JULY 8, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mostafa Shiri hanged at Zanjan prison on July 8.
IRAN - Mostafa Shiri hanged at Zanjan prison on July 8.
- JULY 7, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Iran to Sell Organs of Death Row Inmates.
IRAN - Iran to Sell Organs of Death Row Inmates.
- JULY 4, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man (unidentified) was executed at Birjand prison on July 4.
IRAN - A man (unidentified) was executed at Birjand prison on July 4.
JULY 4, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: AT LEAST 110 EXECUTED AT THE FIRST HALF OF 2019
According to the Iran Human Rights statistic department, at least 110 people have been executed between January 1 and June 30, 2019, in Iran.
- JULY 3, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehdi Assadi and Hassan Baradaran hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison on July 3.
IRAN - Mehdi Assadi and Hassan Baradaran hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison on July 3.
- JULY 3, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Majid Sadr was hanged at Kashan prison on July 3.
IRAN - Majid Sadr was hanged at Kashan prison on July 3.